• Try to remain a company gal and ride out this bad patch.
  • Point out all the great work you’re doing for further consideration when the freeze lifts.
  • Send your boss a memo outlining all your successes and proceed with your promotion campaign undeterred, since rules are made to be broken.

3. Your supervisor always calls you in for a preparatory briefing before big meetings. Usually your best ideas become hers once you enter the conference room. This causes you to:

  • Bitch and moan to all your colleagues.
  • Plan to share only mediocre suggestions in advance.
  • Tell your boss you’ll present your ideas in the meeting, thank you very much.

4. An important client makes a habit of making on-the-spot conference calls. Your immediate response is to:

  • Drop everything and take the call.
  • Talk for a few minutes and then ask if you can call back.
  • Refuse the call and schedule a mutually convenient time to speak later that day.

5. One of your direct reports is shamelessly playing up to your boss at your department’s expense. You: